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I have this friend named Juliette. We met through the internet. I’ve met some of my favorite friends through the internet.  Here is a sampling. Whoa.  If it’s possible to meet such attractive women through the internet, could I meet attractive guys?  Why have I not signed up for eHarmony? Anyway, this story is not…

One month from yesterday, I will be leaving here… … and flying here. One month from today, I will be on my way here… … onboard this. One month from tomorrow, I will be watching these… … with wonderful family members, including them. We will welcome her back from Haiti. I will buy her one…

As I lay in my bed last night, sweltering and un-asleep, my thoughts bounced back and forth from the mundane to the life-and-death. “I need a pedicure.” “It’s so hot.” “I hope those journalists are released.” “What if there’s a nuclear war?” “I can’t forget to buy toothpaste.” “Cancer is so evil.” “Who will take…

A notorious over-packer, I recently flew back from a 2-day trip to Seattle with a suitcase weighing in at 49.5 lbs. – one shoe away from the overweight charge.  And that’s not to mention anything of my second suitcase. Travel this weekend, I was determined, would be different. Flying to Kansas City on Friday night,…

I am so lucky.  Here are some reasons why: 1)    I work for a company that values good coffee, and shuns the typical bitter office grounds.  I’ve completely stopped making coffee at home, because there is an endless supply of the good stuff here at work. 2)    Greta left the world’s best video message on…

Finally.

Itchy ankle, itchy ankle, You’re the cause of all my rankle. Damn mosquito, found my vein, Your existence is my bane. Can’t think clearly, can’t think straight, Since my blood was made the bait. All I want to do is itch, Throw my body in a ditch Of hydrocortisone.

Before getting roommates this past December, I lived alone for 5 years.  I cannot remember a time that I was ever scared to live by myself.  But last night, I started to wonder… why? I’m still house-sitting, and when it was close to midnight and I was in bed working on the computer, one of…

I never thought I’d see the day, but sure enough. Like the Terminator, like Backstreet… Scrunchies are back.

I cannot look at the Nashville Humane Society website. It breaks my heart into a million little pieces. I want to save every dog without a home. Or at least this one. Her name is Annie, too. Anyone who beats or abandons a pet should be put in jail. But instead, it’s the dogs that…